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David A. Straite

David is an experienced litigator available to assist clients in securities, corporate governance, hedge fund, digital privacy, antitrust and general commercial disputes. David also provides litigation advisory services for consumers, investors, law firms and corporations, and provides counsel related to litigation finance, case evaluation, and business start-ups. He is licensed in Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Washington, D.C.

David has 17 years of experience as both a litigator and transactional lawyer. Prior to founding STRAITE PLLC, David was an antitrust attorney in Skadden Arps' New York office assisting on both litigation and M&A transactions; worked in the litigation department at Blank Rome in Philadelphia; worked in the Wilmington office of Grant & Eisenhofer; and helped launch the Wilmington and New York offices of London-based Stewarts Law, where David was also a partner, a member of the US Executive Committee, and the first global head of the investor protection litigation department.

interviews, publications and speaking engagements

Panelist: participated in the Social Media Week debate, “David vs. Goliath: The Global Fight for Digital Privacy," February 19, 2013. The debate also featured David Pashman, General Counsel to Meetup, Inc., and the event was moderated by Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, reporter and editor for the Wall Street Journal. An article in Business Insider reporting on the event referred to both Davids as “prominent lawyers.” Abby Rogers, “Even Experts Can’t Agree on the Rules of Online Privacy,” Business Insider (February 20, 2013). See the video on YouTube.

Panelist: spoke on a panel at the February 6, 2013 winter meeting of the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA) in Washington, D.C., called “Structuring Investments – Do I Get to Go to the Cayman Islands?” Panel included Caymans counsel and the General Counsel of the Delaware state pension fund.

Guest Lecturer: Guest Lecturer for the Legal Talk Network's “Digital Detectives” podcast called “Focus on Privacy,” July 24, 2012. In the press release announcing the podcast, host Sharon Nelson noted: “There are few things that get people as agitated as the notion that people are spying on them - and it seems clear to me that Facebook was doing exactly that. Scoring David as a guest was a bit of a coup - we were lucky enough to run into him while lecturing in Delaware. Listeners are sure to enjoy David’s thoughtful commentary on the insidious invasions of our privacy which are all too common in the digital age.” Click to hear the full podcast.

Interview: gave a television interview to Channel 10 in Tel Aviv on May 21, 2012 regarding the Facebook Internet Tracking class action.

Interview: gave television interviews on BBC World News and SkyNews in London on May 18, 2012 regarding the Facebook Internet Tracking class action.

Interview: gave a radio interview to Ian Bush, CBS News (Philadelphia) on December 6, 2011 to discuss the recent digital privacy lawsuits against Carrier IQ, Inc., a smartphone software designer that allegedly tracked key strokes and other sensitive user information without user consent.

Author:Netherlands: Amsterdam Court of Appeal Approves Groundbreaking Global Settlements Under the Dutch Act on the Collective Settlement of Mass Claims, in The International Lawyer’s annual “International Legal Developments in Review” (2009). Download PDF